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And if you can hear a song as irresistible as “Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat” and not feel your soul elate, you may be a stranger to joy.

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2020

McQueen worked the way a dreaming brain does, transmuting suppressed instinct into images that can trouble, mystify, and elate.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 21, 2016

“One lives in hope that music is more than mere noise, filling up idle time, whether intending to elate or lament,” he added.

From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2010

It was a record-breaking budget calculated to elate no one and enrage no one.

From Time Magazine Archive

She said the autumn never failed to amaze her; to elate.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

You go your way heedless, uncaring — as if you owned all the treasures of the world; even grief elates you, even sorrow sits well upon your brow.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2016

In a nation ravaged by corruption, lashed by typhoons, and beaten down by poverty, nothing unites and elates the populace like Manny Pacquiao.

From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2009

The bulk of the reportage for the cover naturally came from Bonn Bureau Chief Benjamin Cate, whose assignment to the West German capital elates from Sept.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bobby elates the disenchanted with his blanket condemnation of the way things are, but his alternatives for the most part are either vague or on the safe side.

From Time Magazine Archive

The thought of Royal dignity elates me, But leaving thee behind me breaks my heart!

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert

Editors from London to Hollywood, elated that blood-sucking predators are attacking A-listers on their private beaches, have posted lurid headlines about “Vegan Vampire” ticks and “Billionaires Under Siege.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Shortly after Diana’s death in 1997, Spencer wrote that he spoke by phone to Charles, who he said seemed strangely elated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

During one self-reflective moment, Bryan yells, “Yeah! Video games!” elated at how his shooting is improving.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Those who make it on are visibly elated.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Then I heard yelling, elated screams, and I saw Luke racing toward the boundary line with the red team’s banner lifted high.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

Instead, once his deal with the Dodgers was finalized, Hernández tweeted out the news himself, elating Dodger fans by writing, “Sources say….. I’m back!!!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

True, certain body images here radiate bold, untrammeled joy, as in the case of Rashaad Newsome’s elating, fast-cut video potpourri of New Orleans Mardi Gras parades and vogueing.

From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2021

And it's maddening when you can't do it every time, but it's elating when you can do it at all.

From Fox News ● Apr. 3, 2021

Similarly elating is a blue wall that bears a fantastic variety of both functional and decorative store-bought metalwork by Maia Ruth Lee.

From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019

What I felt was one part jet lag, maybe, but two parts something more profound and elating.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama